United States Senate election in Iowa, 2008

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The Iowa United States Senate election in 2008 will be held on November 4, 2008 and will determine who will hold Iowa's Class 2 seat in the United States Senate for the next six years.

Incumbent Democratic Senator Tom Harkin has announced he will seek re-election to the United States Senate in 2008. Democrats did extremely well in the 2006 midterm elections in Iowa, retaining the Governor's seat, picking up two House seats, and achieving a majority in both houses of the Iowa General Assembly. Republican Congressmen Tom Latham and Steve King declined to run. George Eichhorn, Steve Rathje, and Christopher Reed filed for the Republican nomination; Reed narrowly won the June 3 primary.

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[edit] Candidates

[edit] Democratic

  • Tom Harkin - incumbent

[edit] Republican

  • Christopher Reed - businessman and Navy veteran

[edit] Also Ran

  • George Eichhorn - former State Representative
  • Steve Rathje - businessman

[edit] Election Results

[edit] Republican Primary

Unofficial results [1]:

2008 Iowa U.S. Senator Republican primary election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Christopher Reed 25,150 35.3
Republican George Eichhorn 24,736 34.7
Republican Steve Rathje 21,327 30.0
Turnout 71,213

[edit] General Election

2008 Iowa U.S. Senator general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Tom Harkin
Republican Christopher Reed
Turnout

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